To Gain at Harvest celebrates the courage, intellect, humility and passion displayed by figures of all shades of opinion and belief during the English Reformation. Offering insights into the turbulent period of the English Reformation and its ideas, Jonathan Dean demonstrates the qualities of mind and heart, and the gifts of faith and character, which some of its leading proponents possessed. Including chapters on Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Harpsfield, Elizabeth I, Matthew Parker, and Katherine Parr, the book moves beyond old confessional lines to reveal the gifts and virtues possessed by women and men whose lives still inspire and whose writings remain one of the greatest treasures of English religious life.

To Gain at Harvest celebrates the courage, intellect, humility and passion displayed by figures of all shades of opinion and belief during the English Reformation. The book will provide a vital resource for students and general readers seeking to understand a crucial moment in church history.

Jonathan Dean

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Title

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 The Ground of Charity: Thomas More

2 Ambition and Fidelity: Thomas Cranmer

3 A Tudor Woman’s Passion: Anne Askew

4 Manifold Passions: Katherine Parr

5 ‘Nourished with Hope’: Nicholas Harpsfield

6 The Virtue of Moderation: Matthew Parker

7 Governing with Subtlety: Queen Elizabeth I

8 The Piety of Prayer and the Fluency of Speech: Lancelot Andrewes

9 ‘Make me Thine’: George Herbert

10 Felicity and Desire: Thomas Traherne

Epilogue

Index of Names

Copyright

To Gain at Harvest celebrates the courage, intellect, humility and passion displayed by figures of all shades of opinion and belief during the English Reformation.   
  
Offering insights into the turbulent period of the English Reformation and its ideas, Jonathan Dean demonstrates the qualities of mind and heart, and the gifts of faith and character, which some of its leading proponents possessed.   
  
Including chapters on Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Harpsfield, Elizabeth I, Matthew Parker, and Katherine Parr, the book moves beyond old confessional lines to reveal the gifts and virtues possessed by women and men whose lives still inspire and whose writings remain one of the greatest treasures of English religious life.

\* Offers portraits of key figures in the Reformation and unpicks the relevance of their individuals lives for our Discipleship today. \* Jonathan Dean has published widely in the subject of the reformation, and studied under Eamonn Duffy. \* Provides a vital resource for students seeking to understand a crucial moment in church history.

To Gain at Harvest celebrates the courage, intellect, humility and passion displayed by figures of all shades of opinion and belief during the English Reformation. Offering insights into the turbulent period of the English Reformation and its ideas, Jonathan Dean demonstrates the qualities of mind and heart, and the gifts of faith and character, which some of its leading proponents possessed. Including chapters on Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Harpsfield, Elizabeth I, Matthew Parker, and Katherine Parr, the book moves beyond old confessional lines to reveal the gifts and virtues possessed by women and men whose lives still inspire and whose writings remain one of the greatest treasures of English religious life. Contents: 1. The Ground of Charity: Thomas More 2. Ambition and Fidelity: Thomas Cranmer 3. A Tudor Woman's Passion: Anne Askew 4. Manifold Passions: Katherine Parr 5. 'Nourished with Hope': Nicholas Harpsfield 6. The Virtue of Moderation: Matthew Parker 7. Governing with Subtlety: Queen Elizabeth I 8. The Piety of Prayer and the Fluency of Speech: Lancelot Andrewes 9. 'Make me Thine': George Herbert 10. Felicity and Desire: Thomas Traherne

Jonathan Dean's eloquent and enlightening portraits of ten 'icons of faithfulness' from the Reformation - clerical and lay, male and female, Protestant and Catholic - are intended to facilitate a dialogue between modern Christians and their forebears from a fractured and traumatized age. This is ecumenism of a robust and courageous kind, not looking to erase or minimize past differences, but holding out the hope that sincere efforts to understand Christian integrity in an era of conflict can help illuminate our own difficult path to unity.

Dean's book is subtitled 'Portraits from the English Reformation.' He has created ten finely-wrought biographical essays of key religious leaders and writers, ranging chronologically from Thomas More (b. 1478) to Thomas Traherne (d. 1673). Collectively, this produces a comprehensive summary of the religious turmoil, the passions and the tragedies of England in the 16th and 17th centuries, as Anglicanism emerged from its bloody birth throes. Some relatively familiar ground is covered – for example in the essays on Archbishop Cranmer and George Herbert – but other chapters are fresh and intriguing such as the account of the early Protestant martyr Anne Askew; or the valuable insight into Mary Tudor's reign through the career of Nicholas Harpsfield, the last Catholic Archdeacon of Canterbury. The influence of royalty is covered well, with penetrating and convincing sketches of Queens Katherine Parr and Elizabeth I; these brilliant, highly educated ladies each left a substantial written legacy including private prayers, freely quoted here. Written by a Methodist historian with a strong ecumenical bent, this precise and thoughtful account of the English Reformation is warmly recommended.

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